A court in Iran has sentenced two U.S. men — who said they were hikers who strayed over the border accidentally — to eight years in prison, Iranian state television reported Saturday.
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Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal got five years on the spying charges plus a further three for illegally entering the country, the TV station said on its website, according to BBC News.
Sarah Shourd, who was arrested with them, was released on bail last September and subsequently left Iran.
Bauer and Fattal have denied the accusations, insisting they simply made a mistake while hiking near the border in July 2009.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Iran gives US men eight-year sentences for spying, entering the country illegally
BREAKING NEWS: Ir an jails US hikers for eight years for spying — local media via BBC News
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